Re: embedded/inherited tags

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Konstantin Antipin <antipin.konstantin@googlemail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: embedded/inherited tags
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:05:16 +0200	[thread overview]
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On Apr 1, 2009, at 1:43 AM, Konstantin Antipin wrote:

> Samuel - Your solution is probably more elegant. Then I will wait for
> search with lisp syntax functionality, and so far just use my code.

That would mean waiting a long time.  The discussion about the
lisp search was a long time ago, and nothing has happened.

Did I really say I was going to make this, Samuel?

- Carsten

>
> K
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> Another possibility is to use your assoc tags and fix it on the  
>> search
>> side.  If you always have a custom search, you can use `( ... ,( ...
>> )) when you define it.
>>
>> Then you only need one tag on each task.  The advantage of this is
>> that if the associations change, you will not need to change the  
>> tags.
>>
>> Currently this requires concatenating strings, but in the future,
>> according to Carsten, there will be optional Lisp syntax for  
>> searches,
>> which will make it easier.  It might also allow stuff not currently
>> possible.
>>
>> On 2009-03-31, Konstantin Antipin  
>> <antipin.konstantin@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Peter Jones - thanks for the advise. Unfortunately it does not fit  
>>> to
>>> me, since I have my todo items in different files.
>>>
>>> Eraldo - I was also thinking about this, but I thought that maybe
>>> solution already exists...
>>>
>>> Anyhow, for my it is fixed - I wrote a small package org-assoc-tags,
>>> that allows to have key-tag and associated tags. For example:
>>>
>>> (setq org-assoc-tags '(
>>>                      ("emacs" "tech")
>>>                      ("orgmode" "emacs" "tech")
>>>                      ))
>>>
>>> If you assign :emacs: tag, then :tech: will be assigned  
>>> automatically.
>>> If you assign :orgmode: tag, then both :emacs: and :tech: will be  
>>> assigned.
>>> The package can be found at:
>>> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/org-assoc-tags.el
>>>
>>> Hopefully it might be helpful for someone,
>>> Kostya
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Eraldo Helal <admin@eraldo.at>  
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Kostya!
>>>>
>>>> I am still pretty new to emacs and org-mode, but from what I have  
>>>> read
>>>> until now...
>>>> Could you use the tag hook to automatically assign the :tech: tag  
>>>> along
>>>> with :firefox: and|or :emacs: etc...
>>>> This is still not exactly what you wished afaics, but it may make  
>>>> things a
>>>> little more convenient.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 16:47, Konstantin Antipin
>>>> <antipin.konstantin@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Manish - thank you for the reply.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is what I want in details:
>>>>> For example, I have following  
>>>>> tags :tech: :firefox: :emacs: :orgmode:
>>>>> In agenda I usually ask only for TODO with :tech: tags, in order  
>>>>> to see
>>>>> actions, related to technical stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> clearly, :firefox: and :emacs: are related to :tech: tag. It  
>>>>> would be
>>>>> convenient to introduce tag hierarchy:
>>>>> every todo-item with :emacs: (or :firefox: ) tag only should  
>>>>> show up in
>>>>> agenda, when I query for :tech: tag.
>>>>> I understand, that every time I assign :emacs: tag I can  
>>>>> assign :tech:
>>>>> tag as well, and this will do the work, but it is not convenient.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Is such mechanism exists?
>>>>>
>>>>> My todo's are scatterd over the files, thus I can not use usual  
>>>>> tag
>>>>> hierarchy, that is controlled by, for example, "org-use-tag- 
>>>>> inheritance".
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>> Kostya
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Manish <mailtomanish.sharma@gmail.com 
>>>>> >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Konstantin Antipin wrote:
>>>>>>  > Dear org-users,
>>>>>>  > Is there any way to make tags inherited from another tag?
>>>>>>  > For example, I have following tags:
>>>>>>  > :tech:
>>>>>>  >  :emacs:
>>>>>>  >   :orgmode:
>>>>>>  >  :ubuntu:
>>>>>>  >
>>>>>>  > :other:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you please a little elaborate more on this?  Also please  
>>>>>> take a
>>>>>> look at variable "org-use-tag-inheritance".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Manish
>>>>>
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